No guys you don’t get it, landlords contribute so much to society! They’re offering a service and they’re really important! /s
TarrouTheSaint on
I personally think Landlords should be barred from political office.
padestel on
Didn’t he replace someone sacked from the shadow cabinet for standing on a picket line?
Ah yes he did. If this slum landlord isn’t sacked I guess you could, if you squint only a little, say that Starmer prefers slum landlords to trade unions.
SP1570 on
The flats have black mould and it seems he does not have the required license to be a landlord.
Why is the council doing nothing about it?
Lonely_Sherbert69 on
Rich get richer and the poor pickpocket. If anyone is struggle to understand the hate in this world, or the recent shoplifting stories, just imagine always living in lesser homes than the people we see on TV or all around us. Sure most people suck it up, do the dang wage slave day job and find the good in life. But it breaks some people.
la1mark on
The system is such a mess. It needs major reform to protect both good landlords and good tenants. He sounds like a truly terrible landlord and if there was licensees he should be barred from renting his properties out.
Crazy how pub licensing seems more enforced and better managed than the landlord system
PriorityInversion on
A landlord Labour mp is peak neoliberism, just the same shitty conservative ideology with a red rosette.
Old-Amphibian416 on
This is the sort of thing that Starmer doesn’t need. The optics are terrible: tax increases are incoming, people are going to be poor but this guy is getting away with being an irresponsible landlord, with 15 rout ental properties.
A lot of these landlords are accidental: gf moves in with bf and rents
SimpleFactor on
> He described himself as a “renters’ champion”.
I guess if he’s treating it as a competition then I suppose he is the champion of having the highest amount of properties to rent out in parliament!
Not quite sure how he can claim to be a champion for renters causes if he apparently doesn’t even know what the inside of his accommodation looks like….
MattMBerkshire on
And this sub spent all year claiming labour MPs are different…
Old-Amphibian416 on
Awful optics for the Labour Party. They have announced tax increases which will hurt almost everyone, whilst a Labour MP is raking in cash, at his tentant’s expense. There is also another new Labour MP who owns a dozen rental properties.
Someone needs to jump on this and sort it out.
Spe99 on
Ants are not the landlords fault. It’s usually leaving food out.
But the Labour Party itself owns a buy to let portfolio.
MedievalRack on
Modern Britain is a lot like Victorian Britain, but with more white goods.
the_beees_knees on
I had ant infestations in a block I lived in for a while. It’s literally hell.
They appear out of nowhere and everywhere and one bit of food or crumb can see hundreds swarming it within a few minutes. You are continually on edge and the slightest thing makes your skin crawl.
JLP99 on
It might be worth opening a dialogue about this on his social media. It seems like public shaming is the only really way the common person has at having any sort of impact on these issues until elections come.
FeTemp on
They deselected a left wing MP for this guy….
Clearly corrupt between him and the council, you don’t wait for the council to contact you to get a license, anyone else would have been enforced on.
Starmers Labour are Red Tories.
Bleuuuuugh on
With respect, a lot of these issues will be due to tenants not looking after properties. Ants probably means food available for them, mould usually means poor ventilation- no open windows etc.
Landlords are scum, but let’s go at the for being the vermin that they are- not when it’s issues that are clearly to do with tenants lifestyle.
things_U_choose_2_b on
Ants…. how do you get ants in a property? It’s almost always because the tenants are living like skets. I should know, I got ants from being a bit of a sket. Problem was resolved with ant traps and stopping living like a sket.
Having said that I agree with others that MPs should not be landlords especially when voting on matters related to rentals. I’m deeply suspicious that only 60 MPs are landlords. I call bullshit.
Apprehensive_Move598 on
I wonder how he squares his slumlord status with his position as an MP in the party (supposedly) concerned with the interests of working people, the poor, etc.
Very good local journalism, this, by the by. Proper shoe-leather stuff, as the Americans might call it.
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If it quacks like a Red Tory,
And it waddles like a Red Tory,
Well honey, you’ve got yourself a Red Tory.
No guys you don’t get it, landlords contribute so much to society! They’re offering a service and they’re really important! /s
I personally think Landlords should be barred from political office.
Didn’t he replace someone sacked from the shadow cabinet for standing on a picket line?
Ah yes he did. If this slum landlord isn’t sacked I guess you could, if you squint only a little, say that Starmer prefers slum landlords to trade unions.
The flats have black mould and it seems he does not have the required license to be a landlord.
Why is the council doing nothing about it?
Rich get richer and the poor pickpocket. If anyone is struggle to understand the hate in this world, or the recent shoplifting stories, just imagine always living in lesser homes than the people we see on TV or all around us. Sure most people suck it up, do the dang wage slave day job and find the good in life. But it breaks some people.
The system is such a mess. It needs major reform to protect both good landlords and good tenants. He sounds like a truly terrible landlord and if there was licensees he should be barred from renting his properties out.
Crazy how pub licensing seems more enforced and better managed than the landlord system
A landlord Labour mp is peak neoliberism, just the same shitty conservative ideology with a red rosette.
This is the sort of thing that Starmer doesn’t need. The optics are terrible: tax increases are incoming, people are going to be poor but this guy is getting away with being an irresponsible landlord, with 15 rout ental properties.
A lot of these landlords are accidental: gf moves in with bf and rents
> He described himself as a “renters’ champion”.
I guess if he’s treating it as a competition then I suppose he is the champion of having the highest amount of properties to rent out in parliament!
Not quite sure how he can claim to be a champion for renters causes if he apparently doesn’t even know what the inside of his accommodation looks like….
And this sub spent all year claiming labour MPs are different…
Awful optics for the Labour Party. They have announced tax increases which will hurt almost everyone, whilst a Labour MP is raking in cash, at his tentant’s expense. There is also another new Labour MP who owns a dozen rental properties.
Someone needs to jump on this and sort it out.
Ants are not the landlords fault. It’s usually leaving food out.
But the Labour Party itself owns a buy to let portfolio.
Modern Britain is a lot like Victorian Britain, but with more white goods.
I had ant infestations in a block I lived in for a while. It’s literally hell.
They appear out of nowhere and everywhere and one bit of food or crumb can see hundreds swarming it within a few minutes. You are continually on edge and the slightest thing makes your skin crawl.
It might be worth opening a dialogue about this on his social media. It seems like public shaming is the only really way the common person has at having any sort of impact on these issues until elections come.
They deselected a left wing MP for this guy….
Clearly corrupt between him and the council, you don’t wait for the council to contact you to get a license, anyone else would have been enforced on.
Starmers Labour are Red Tories.
With respect, a lot of these issues will be due to tenants not looking after properties. Ants probably means food available for them, mould usually means poor ventilation- no open windows etc.
Landlords are scum, but let’s go at the for being the vermin that they are- not when it’s issues that are clearly to do with tenants lifestyle.
Ants…. how do you get ants in a property? It’s almost always because the tenants are living like skets. I should know, I got ants from being a bit of a sket. Problem was resolved with ant traps and stopping living like a sket.
Having said that I agree with others that MPs should not be landlords especially when voting on matters related to rentals. I’m deeply suspicious that only 60 MPs are landlords. I call bullshit.
I wonder how he squares his slumlord status with his position as an MP in the party (supposedly) concerned with the interests of working people, the poor, etc.
Very good local journalism, this, by the by. Proper shoe-leather stuff, as the Americans might call it.